State-owned commercial banks saw their operating profits decline 4.69 percent year-on-year in 2015 owing to low credit growth and

State-owned banks likely sold dollars on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India to prevent the local currency from weakening further, three

Two more investment banks have reported paying zero tax in Britain in 2014, prompting the opposition Labour party to urge the

Banks' overall capital base went up 6.58 percent in the third quarter of 2015 from three months earlier as the asset quality of private

The leaders of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) demanded a single-digit interest rate on bank loans, low-

Banks managed to log in profits for 2015 despite a tough start to the year by way of political turmoil for the first

Bangladesh Bank yesterday directed all banks not to take any fee in the form of pay orders or bank drafts from job applicants.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission or BSEC yesterday allowed two banks and a steelmaker to raise Tk 895 crore by issuing bonds.

A bank targeting the rural poor has recently started its journey in India and has so far managed almost 100 percent loan recovery rate.

Banks saw less profit in 2015 owing to low credit demand, cautious lending policy and the sluggish business environment.

Bangladesh Bank has relaxed the rules related to banks' investment in stocks in a move that analysts say would boost the ailing market.

A strong partnership could be developed between the World Bank and Bangladesh following the country's recent graduation to the lower middle-income bracket, the chief economist of the multilateral lender said yesterday.

Scam-hit BASIC Bank has dismissed four of its top officials on grounds of financial irregularities.

World Bank Chief Economist Kaushik Basu arrived in Dhaka yesterday at the invitation of Bangladesh Bank.

STANDARD Chartered is investing in new technologies to meet customers' appetite for digital services and gain a strong footing in a rapidly changing world, said a top executive.

The World Bank has found that up to 22 percent of the development projects put in the portfolio over the last five years did not have any expenditure for a year or more.

Trust Bank, sponsored by the Army Welfare Trust, has decided to form a subsidiary with Malaysia's Axiata Group to provide mobile financial services, agent banking and cards.

Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman yesterday advised the bankers to move forward with financial supports to create new entrepreneurs across the country.

Rules should be amended so that the central bank can remove the board members of state banks when they are found guilty of wrongdoings, Khondkar Ibrahim Khaled, a former deputy governor of Bangladesh Bank, said yesterday.

Banks can play an important role in stalling the flow of money laundered illegally out of Bangladesh, bankers said yesterday.